Dark Thriller

When a senior Edinburgh civil servant spectacularly takes his own life in Kinloch harbour, DCI Jim Daley comes face to face with the murky world of politics. To add to his woes, two local drug dealers lie dead, ritually assassinated. It's clear that dark forces are at work in the town. With his boss under investigation, his marriage hanging on by a thread, and his sidekick, DS Scott, wrestling with his own demons, Daley's world is in meltdown.

Corinne Gray is a woman whose life is falling apart. When probationary detective Kyle Nazarian unexpectedly knocks on her door on a rainy morning, she knows why. He wants to talk about her son, Ben. This is her chance to finally explain how her sweet-natured child – who loved history and dreamed of swimming for Olympic Gold – grew up to do the unthinkable. What really happened to Ben? And could anyone have prevented it?

Twenty-five-year-old fitness-instructor Elle has been toiling away in the LA rat race since her teen years with nothing to show for it but a “vintage” apartment (with a permanently clogged toilet), an “alt-comedy” (unemployed alcoholic) boyfriend, and an anorexic coworker who’s constantly surpassing Elle at work because her dad owns the place. While Elle might not have a rich daddy to fall back on, her luck changes when she finds herself being aggressively pursued by a hot, rich 45-year-old man, a.k.a. a zaddy.

Diana Flynn never asked to be an object of affection; not from her asshole boss, not from her pervert stalker, not from her ex-husband; but for some reason creeps can’t seem to get enough of her. When faced with a dark admiration that goes too far, Diana realizes it is going to end with her in a body bag. But she’s not going to cower and beg for mercy because deep down Diana is more predator than prey and she knows that some problems can only be solved with a very sharp knife.

The family that slays together, stays together... Renowned statesman Jack Ellis spent his life building an empire: a family so influential and powerful that nothing could stand against it, not even the law. But nearly a century later everything Jack built is being obliterated by an enemy he never could have planned for. Sian Ellis’s family members have just been brutally murdered, and she’s next. As she and her last remaining brother Gavin fight for their lives and search for answers, it soon becomes horribly clear that Gavin knows more than he’s saying.

A dead cop. A damaged detective. A copycat killer on the loose. When the chief suspect in the notorious Peek-a-boo cop killer case blew himself up, almost taking lead investigator DCI Duncan Bone with him, the psychologically damaged detective thought his days on the force were over. But when...

Two words, written in blood: I’M BACK... Abby Brooks swore she’d never return to Antler Ridge Camp, not after what happened before; but a paycheck is a paycheck. Furthermore, one renovation job could save her family's struggling business and maybe the whole town with it. Cooper Cliff, with all its flaws, is the only home Abby’s ever known, and the idea of leaving her quaint mountain town is too much to bear. But she should have trusted her gut, she should’ve said no, she should’ve run; because Abby’s just discovered a dismembered corpse in cabin number one, and it’s only the beginning...

Court Gentry is the last surviving member of his family. His brother, Chance, was a police officer who lost his life years ago in a line of duty shooting. So how is it possible that Court catches a glimpse of his brother at their father’s funeral? It’s this shocking development that sends Court on a quest for the truth and a search for his missing sibling. But the dark state will do anything to keep its secrets.

When Gemma Woodstock, homicide investigator in the large rural town of Smithson, views the body of her old school friend Rosalind splayed open on the autopsy table, she suffers the same feeling of inscrutability that has coloured her relationship with Rose for so long. Gemma, however, is hiding her own secrets. She has a four-year-old son, Ben, and has recently moved in with the boy's father, Scott. But the relationship is troubled, and she is having an affair with a colleague that she works closely with.

Some murders leave behind more than just a body... Still mourning the devastating loss of a close colleague, DCI Lomond and his team are called in to investigate a murder on the set of a popular Scottish detective TV show. But the victim isn’t a star actor. It’s the show’s official police...

What if the most dangerous serial killer is the one who hunts her own kind? By day, Leah Nachtnebel is celebrated as one of the greatest pianists of our time. By night, she becomes a ruthless killer, using her brilliant mind to hunt predators who believe they’ve escaped justice. But when her latest target unearths a connection to her dark past, Leah is thrust into the crosshairs of two relentless forces: an FBI agent determined to uncover her secrets and a sadistic serial killer who doesn’t just see her as a traitor—he sees her as a trophy he must possess.

A GUARDIAN BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR An EXPRESS BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH 'A beautifully written mystery, packed with unforgettable characters' JANE HARPER 'Contender for thriller of the year' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'An accomplished and moving story of crime...

Lieutenant Anthony Pacino reports aboard the “project boat” USS Vermont two years after having survived the catastrophic sinking of the Piranha. Pacino quickly learns that Vermont’s missions are all ultra-secret with the boat reporting only to the sub force commander, the national security advisor, and the president: Vermont does the dirty deeds that need doing in deadly silence and obscurity. After Vermont misses the mark on an easy mission, there are questions asked about her ability to conduct the next mission.

'Clever, twisty, and altogether spine-chilling. . . . [A] deliciously terrifying story. . . .You'll want to read this one after dark, ideally with the wind whistling in the eaves and a window banging somewhere just out of reach. But keep the light switch handy. You just might need it' Ruth Ware...

When the world grows quiet… something begins to stir. A sound where no sound should be...... A shadow that moves when nothing is there. A truth that refuses to remain buried. In this novel-length collection of horror and dark suspense, Scott W. Cook presents six unsettling tales that explore the thin boundary between the familiar and the unknown — where curiosity leads to terror, and answers often raise even darker questions.

DCI Harry Grimm smells trouble brewing. As the chief inspector and his team prepare for a harsh winter storm, a call comes in from an old pal that a remote PI training session in the Dales he is attending has abruptly ended in a suspicious death. And while the gruff detective struggles through a blizzard to reach the crime scene, the residents of a nearby house come to a fatal end.

In the gripping sequel to the thriller hit I Kill Killers, Leah and Agent Richter return—this time as an uneasy duo, balancing on the razor’s edge of trust and chaos. When an old foe resurfaces in Boston, Leah and Agent Richter are thrown into a deadly race to stop a new wave of brutal murders. But working together is anything but simple. Leah, a vigilante who fights fire with fire, thrives on breaking rules. Agent Richter, bound by duty, knows she’s as dangerous as the killers they’re hunting.

Everyone has two sides to their personality, but Josslyn and Alicia have something else ... A thirst for revenge and for getting rid of the evil in this world. You best stay on their good side ... Josslyn and Alicia are two different people with their own personalities, likes, dislikes and dreams. They just happen to share a body.

Paul Wood is a modern vagabond, a man who chooses to leave the comforts of San Francisco to spend months backpacking through some of the world's most challenging terrain: Cameroon, Indonesia, Nepal. While hiking in the Himalayas, Paul gets more of a rush than he bargained for when he finds the body of a murdered hiker, the victim mutilated in a way that Paul has witnessed once before, years ago and thousands of miles away. To quell a scandal, the police rule the death a suicide and close the case. But Paul can't let it go....

Miah Gray is a 27-year-old former army soldier living in rural New Hampshire with his sister, mother, and her boyfriend. He is plagued by PTSD, finding solace, but not redemption, with the aid of prescribed cannabis. All he wants to do is get high, relax with a good sandwich, and watch a meteor shower with his neighborhood crush, Jen. When the sun's light is blotted out the following morning and the world is plunged into darkness, Miah finds himself locked down with his family, covering windows with trash bags, lighting candles, and following the arcane rules of an ancient prophecy.